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About
A monthly-rebalanced, two-part strategy: 60% leveraged/momentum equity tilt (inverse-volatility weighted across five ETFs) plus 40% hedges (managed futures, anti-beta BTAL, and GLD gold exposure) to balance growth and risk in a diversified, macro-style approach.
- The portfolio is split 60% Long/High Beta and 40% Hedge.
- Long/High Beta: invest in five ETFs (SSO, QLD, SPMO, EEMO, IDMO) that give amplified equity exposure with momentum-like characteristics. Weights are determined by inverse-volatility over the past 28 days, so assets with lower recent volatility tend to receive larger weights. The goal is to tilt toward relatively steadier, momentum-driven exposures within a leveraged equity framework.
- Hedge: allocate the remaining 40% to three sub-strategies:
- Managed Futures: five futures-oriented ETFs (DBMF, CTA, CAOS, FLSP, KMLM) with equal internal weights, representing trend-following across asset classes to dampen equity downturns.
- Anti-Beta: BTAL, a market-neutral tilt that tends to perform when high-beta stocks lag, providing protection in stressed markets.
- Gold/Metals: GLD provides a hedge against inflation and systemic risk; GLD is given 70% of its Gold bucket, within the 30% Gold allocation in Hedge, introducing a cash/other remainder in that bucket.
- Within Hedge, the sub-strategies together total the 40% Hedge allocation (with some minor rounding leading to a small cash portion in the Gold bucket).
- Rebalance happens monthly to reset weights and reflect recent volatilities and performance.
- The strategy blends leveraged equity exposure with risk-management instruments to aim for growth with downside protection, suitable for investors who understand leverage, diversification benefits of non-correlated assets, and the costs/risks of systematic hedges.
Out-of-sample, this strategy offers stronger risk-adjusted returns vs the S&P: Sharpe 2.13 vs 1.44, lower drawdown (10.3% vs 13.7%), beta 0.57, Calmar 2.87, return ~29.7% vs 30.1%. Leveraged equity tilt with hedging for growth and protection.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.07 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.87 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.53% | 19.79% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 1.27 | |
| 75.94% | 20.57% | -0.77% | 3.86% | 1.8 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$17,594.12Regulatory Fees
$1.11
Total Slippage
$5.22
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Mar 19, 2025
Trading Setting
Monthly
Type
Stocks
Category
Equities, momentum/levered exposure, hedged equity, managed futures, anti-beta, gold hedge, monthly rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 12 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CAOS
Alpha Architect Tail Risk ETF
Stocks
CTA
Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Stocks
DBMF
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Stocks
EEMO
Invesco S&P Emerging Markets Momentum ETF
Stocks
FLSP
Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IDMO
Invesco S&P International Developed Momentum ETF
Stocks
KMLM
KraneShares Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks